Try the annual Engineering Challenge from Science Buddies! Open to all students worldwide, a new challenge and prizes are announced every January. Explore the current challenge as well as ones from past years!
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Community support for STEM education: A grant from the Cisco Foundation put Science Buddies on the ground floor of Bayside STEM Academy's annual science fair. [Source: Science Buddies]
Guides by Deb – Keeping your books in the hearts of young readers and in the hands of those who care for them.
"Science and Art: Mutant Sunflowers": Variations in gene expression can lead to anomalies in flowers. Some of Van Gogh's sunflowers were of a mutant variety, and scientists recently tracked down genes that may be responsible. [Science Buddies Blog; Image: A Cowen]
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Clean Water and Underground Aquifer Science / Weekly Science Spotlight
Tune in on Monday to catch exclusive Iron Man 3 footage from Verizon FiOS. Every view on Monday, April 29, helps support Science Buddies and science literacy!
2014 Summer Science Guide: Electromagnet Science Project
Toothbrush Robots at Home
"Explore Nanotechnology with Paper": Fold, roll, and stack paper to better understand #nanotechnology. Weekly hands-on, family #STEM #science activity. [Source: Science Buddies,http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2015/01/explore-nanotechnology-with-paper-weekly-science-activity.php?from=Pinterest]
"Seeing Is (Not Always) Believing!": Visual illusions open up interesting angles for hands-on student #science. Explore afterimages with an easy family #science activity, or inspire older students to put their DIY #electronics and #engineering skills to work building a cool light-up infinity mirror. [Source: Science Buddies, http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2014/07/seeing-is-not-always-believing.php?from=Pinterest] #STEM #scieneproject
Fan of I Spy-style games and books? Or can you just not find what you are looking for on the table or in the refrigerator? Find out more about visual search with a hands-on #science project or family science activity. [Source: Science Buddies, http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2013/06/weekly-science-project-idea-home-science-activity-spotlight-wheres-waldo.php?from=Pinterest] #STEM #familyscience
Say 'cheese'! Love photography? Love cameras? Go 'old school' with pinhole camera photography or pick up the challenge and see what you can innovate or engineer using unexpected tools and materials. Get your wheels turning by checking out the Legotron Mark I built by Cary Norton. [Source: Science Buddies, http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2011/08/form-and-function-a-lego-camera.php?from=Pinterest] #STEM #scienceproject #photography
"Ball Dribbling Science": What does the surface of the floor have to do with how a ball bounces when dribbled? Experiment with a sports #science project or activity! [Source: Science Buddies, http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2014/05/ball-dribbling-science-weekly-science-project-idea-and-home-science-activity-spotlight.php?from=Pinterest] #STEM #scienceproject #sprortsscience #basketball
Science Buddies has exciting projects for student #robotics exploration at all levels. Browse our robotics projects for inspiration or use one of our Lesson Plans for a fun classroom robotics activity! [Science Buddies, http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2017/04/national-robotics-week.php?from=Pinterest] #roboweek #robot #lessonplans #scienceed #science #STEM
Teachers who Pin: Teachers Find Support and Inspiration for Science Education at Pinterest
"Making a Game of City Planning: Students Explore Civil Engineering": Many popular video games involve some aspect of city planning and design. Students can turn video game world building into a science exploration or science fair project. [Source: Science Buddies, http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2014/07/making-a-game-of-city-planning-students-explore-civil-engineering.php?from=Pinterest] #STEM #scienceproject #videogame
